KINGFIELD — Poland Spring is finalizing its plan to expand operations at its local bottling plant, activating a third line to the two lines already in operation and hiring up to 20 more people. Wright-Pierce engineer Jon Edgerton and representatives of the Kingfield Poland Spring bottling plant met with the Planning Board earlier this month […]
Bethel
News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Regional agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Open house at new Town Office, 3 to 7 p.m., 635 Meadow Road Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, […]
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Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Sign Committee, 4 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Discussion on discontinued and abandoned roads, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Group to seek law change to stop Newry withdrawal
NEWRY — Bethel resident Scott Cole told the Newry Withdrawal Committee Tuesday that he and others plan to seek state legislation to end the town’s School Administrative District 44 school withdrawal process. Cole, who is also county administrator for Oxford County, had said early in the Withdrawal Committee meeting that while he would like to […]
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Home kitchen cranks out 2,000 Christmas cookies a season
GREENWOOD — One hundred ninety-six pinwheels. 150 spritz. Ninety Russian tea cakes. 127 peanut butter kisses. Another 133 spritz. As the Christmas season progresses, Amy Wight Chapman’s tally of cookies baked grows — and grows — and grows. Most years, she said, the total approaches 2,000, to be distributed to family, friends and others. Many […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Sign Committee, 4 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library board of trustees, 3 p.m., Rumford Public Library Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Ski-making in Maine: Industry returns to its artisan roots
BETHEL — “Right now, we’re in the midst of a Renaissance in ski manufacturing in the state,” Scott Andrews, director of the Ski Museum of Maine in Kingfield, told those at Made in Maine: 100-Plus Years of Craftsmanship in Skiing, a recent program of the Bethel Historical Society. Although the industry that grew throughout the […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Jay: Jay Village Water District, 6 p.m., Niles Memorial Library Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6 p.m., […]
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Fourth-grader celebrates season with toy drive
WOODSTOCK — Grady Kellogg is a small boy with a big heart. In this season of giving, the 9-year-old is collecting toys, coloring books and art supplies for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland. An active fourth-grader at Woodstock Elementary School who keeps busy playing several sports and taking saxophone […]
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Police add patrols for holiday weekend
GRAY — State police plan to have additional troopers on patrol and a plane in the air for the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to a news release. Chief of the state police, Col. Robert Williams, said troopers will look for aggressive, impaired and texting drivers. In addition, troopers will also look for seat-belt violators, following […]